by Laurie Amen | Apr 2, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
Lenses aren’t always made of glass, sometimes they’re made of dark matter compact objects! Today’s paper explores if and how we can tell primordial black holes apart from dark black holes using gravitational microlensing measurements.
by Chris Layden | Mar 31, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
Most pulsars gradually spin slower and slower, making weaker and weaker radio pulses until the pulses stop altogether. Today’s paper is about a star that has spun its neutron star companion back up, recycling it into a millisecond pulsar.
by Nicki Bond | Mar 30, 2026 | Accessibility, Daily Paper Summaries
In today’s paper, we explore how blazar light curves can be transformed into music and the benefits of this for both scientists and science communication.
by Kaz Gary | Mar 28, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
Today’s bite explores life on the vegetation red edge…and how we might find it on other worlds.
by Neev Shah | Mar 26, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
A direct descendant of the first stars! Read today’s bite to learn how the authors found it.
by Viviana Cáceres | Mar 25, 2026 | Daily Paper Summaries
Only a tiny fraction of black hole binaries produce gravitational waves with measurable eccentricity. What does the eccentricity distribution tell us about how these binaries formed?